** PIA flight makes emergency landing for woman in labour**
NEW YORK: A Pakistani lady, travelling by PIA to the United States from Lahore, gave birth to a child in London, contrary to the wish of the couple that their first baby was born in the US.
The lady, her husband and mother-in-law were on board flight PK-711 of Pakistan International Airlines, which was scheduled to stopover at Manchester airport but it did not and the plane was diverted to London’s Heathrow Airport, where the lady gave birth to a baby.
The plane was actually scheduled for refueling at Manchester airport on its way to New York. During the diversion the lady complained labour pains.
The staff of the PIA contacted the Heathrow Airport authorities on emergency basis and thus the ‘dream of an American-born child was replaced with a British-born’ for the 25-years-old Pakistani female.
According to the PIA officials, the lady had given wrong statement at the PIA reservation centre, saying that she was five-month pregnant.
The PIA flight, the officials said, could not land at Manchester because of thick fog and the plane was diverted to London. Before the flight could make approach for landing at the Heathrow Airport the lady complained of labour and four efficient flight stewardesses took her to the back portion of the plane. They laid her on the walkway. The plane then went for emergency landing without loosing time.
A doctor rushed into the plane as soon as it landed while the immigration staff also boarded. The lady was without a British visa, so were all others accompanying her. The Heathrow immigration, therefore, permitted only the patient and her mother to enter Britain and she was rushed in an ambulance to a hospital with her mother for the delivery.
According to other passengers, her husband revealed after the flight took off from Heathrow for Manchester that they wanted their first child to be born in the United States so that it was conferred with the American citizenship.
The family requested on reaching New York to conceal the name of the lady who gave birth to the baby.
I think their plan go messed up by nature. or may be they were too late in implementing.
it could have been dangerous for the lady and baby. if the plane was oflying middle of atalantic.
on social issues, its quite sad though.
:soldier: